{"id":29788,"date":"2024-06-25T18:03:23","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T18:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/on-this-day-june-25-1966-the-beatles-hit-1-with-paperback-writer\/"},"modified":"2024-06-25T18:03:23","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T18:03:23","slug":"on-this-day-june-25-1966-the-beatles-hit-1-with-paperback-writer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/on-this-day-june-25-1966-the-beatles-hit-1-with-paperback-writer\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day, June 25, 1966: The Beatles hit #1 with “Paperback Writer”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On This Day, June 25, 1966 …<\/span><\/p>\n

The Beatles<\/strong> topped the <\/span>Billboard<\/span><\/em> singles chart with \u201cPaperback Writer,\u201d which spent two nonconsecutive weeks at #1.\u00a0The song\u00a0also topped the chart in the U.K., Ireland, West Germany, Australia, New Zealand and Norway.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n

McCartney wrote most of the song’s lyrics. He said he was inspired to write it after\u00a0his aunt\u00a0complained\u00a0that he wrote too many love songs and asked why he didn’t write about a “horse or the summit conference or something interesting.”<\/p>\n

“Paperback Writer” was released as a single with \u201cRain\u201d as its B-side, and later appeared on the 1970 compilation album <\/span>Hey Jude<\/span><\/em> in the U.S. and Canada.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n

The tune is known for its boosted bass guitar sound, which Lennon reportedly wanted after wondering why Wilson Pickett<\/strong>\u2019s record had more bass than any Beatles album.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n

The track was the only new song The Beatles performed during their final 1966 tour.<\/span><\/p>\n

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On This Day, June 25, 1966 … The Beatles topped the Billboard singles chart with \u201cPaperback Writer,\u201d which spent two nonconsecutive weeks at #1.\u00a0The song\u00a0also topped the chart in the U.K., Ireland, West Germany, Australia, New Zealand and Norway.\u00a0 McCartney wrote most of the song’s lyrics. He said he wasRead More →<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,43,4],"tags":[7,134,317,114,315,316,142,106],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29788"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29788\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}